Name: Ledbetter Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $274.12/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −196.81 against this barn's trailing median of $470.93.

Average price

$274.12

80 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$25.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.62

vs KY average

−31.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	275.73	1,529	75
Medium and Large 2-3	537	250.00	1,343	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.73/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.43, low $406.23, median $470.93 across 6 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale80 hd

274.12

—

KY average25 barns · 948 hd

272.49

+1.62

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−31.32

This barn, trailing median6 sales

470.93

−196.81

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Ledbetter, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	907	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	188.75/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	217.94/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	298.13/cwt	290.00–307.50	1,142	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	277.19/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,200	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	213.37/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,632	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,836	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	287.45/cwt	267.50–297.50	1,466	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	270.86/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,552	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	214.93/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	344	265.10/cwt	255.00–275.00	912	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	317.33/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,377	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	299.40/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,440	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	264.10/cwt	247.50–275.00	1,632	125
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,058	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	234.46/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,583	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	252.84/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,441	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	246.20/cwt	230.00–254.00	1,778	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	263.70/cwt	242.50–271.00	1,740	85
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	273.44/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,293	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	261.72/cwt	245.00–271.00	1,358	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	227.95/cwt	224.00–233.00	1,862	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	240.59/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,484	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	312.40/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	303	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,136	8

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Livingston Co. Livestock Market - Monthly Feeder Cattle Sale - Ledbetter, KY

Fri Nov 15, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Receipts 810Last week 408Year ago 798

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	315.00	315.00
15	350–400	383	290.00–307.50	298.13
17	400–450	433	265.00–287.50	277.19
38	450–500	473	260.00–285.00	273.44
41	500–550	519	245.00–271.00	261.72
59	550–600	570	242.00–262.00	252.84
51	600–650	617	235.00–244.00	240.59
56	650–700	675	225.00–238.00	234.46
6	700–750	705	210.00–222.00	217.94
19	750–800	765	205.00–220.00	213.37
4	850–900	885	185.00–190.00	188.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	255.00–275.00	265.10
1	350–400	395	265.00	265.00
2	500–550	533	200.00–230.00	214.93
1	650–700	665	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	710	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	465	260.00	260.00
3	500–550	525	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	555	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	675	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	303	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	370	305.00–320.00	312.40
35	400–450	434	315.00–327.50	317.33
51	450–500	481	285.00–312.50	299.40
22	500–550	510	267.50–297.50	287.45
53	550–600	573	255.00–275.00	270.86
125	600–650	618	247.50–275.00	264.10
85	650–700	660	242.50–271.00	263.70
53	700–750	722	230.00–254.00	246.20
8	750–800	757	242.50	242.50
27	800–850	817	224.00–233.00	227.95
3	950–1000	980	210.00	210.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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